In this curriculum guide on small business management, lessons (including specific course content and teaching suggestions) are developed around general traits and practices conducive to success in small businesses, loans and other sources of capital, budgeting and planning, recordkeeping, marketing and selling, advertising and sales promotion, and credit and collections. References and teaching materials are listed. (Free copies are available to New York State school personnel when ordered through a school administrator from the Publication Distribution Unit, State Education Building, Albany, New York 12224.) (ly)